Mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus)

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Range

Found in two geographically isolated populations in south east Australia: one in the Mt. Bogong - Mt. Higginbotham range in Victoria and the other in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales (3).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Inhabits mountain summits at elevations between 1400 - 2200 m (2), where there are rock screes and boulderfields. This species is also usually associated with mountain plum-pine (Podocarpus lawrencei) heathland (4).